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Purity Student Purity The percentage of students in each SLC specific class who are actually in that community: should be above 90% in grade 9 should be above 80% in grades 10-12. Teacher purity- Teachers in each SLC should teach the majority of their courses within the SLC and have 3 hours per week of common planning time. 2009 Institute for Staff Development Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow

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Team ATeam BTeam C Outside Time Learning Community Time Outside Time Learning Community Time Outside Time Learning Community Time Outside Time

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Curriculum Analysis The size of the SLC Box (student time spent in each SLC) depends upon how much a school is able to: prescribe vertical course sequences reduce core course levels and assign teachers by SLC - not by department. 2009 Institute for Staff Development Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow

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Segmentation by Expectation Providing multiple labels to students based upon past performance and other data: Teacher recommendations Grades Attendance/discipline Test scores in order to place students into a tracking sequence. 2009 Institute for Staff Development Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow

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De-Tracking SLCs are designed to provide equal opportunity within each community, by providing less segmentation and more flexibility to move between course levels. 2009 Institute for Staff Development Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow

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Philosophy A school must first address the philosophy/culture within the school in order to create a belief system that ALL students can learn and ALL teachers should be expected to teach high level curriculum. 2009 Institute for Staff Development Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow

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Its All in the Process 2009 Institute for Staff Development Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow A transparent process in which a clear vision of each Career Academy is defined, cohorts are scheduled as separate schools (course tags created for each academy), branding is built in student sign up visuals, and academy purity is protected throughout the process.

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A typical example... 2009 Institute for Staff Development Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow A school has 2200 students – 5 Career Academies 3 sections of AP English and History traditional enrollment 4 sections of Honors Geometry 2 ELL teachers 3 teachers who have traditionally taught all of Honors/AP A traditional process to place teachers based upon what they want to teach or who has traditionally taught the advanced classes and what period they want off for prep. Does the cumulative advantage exist here?... is it pre- decided who will make it?

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Rules for Courses in Personalized Learning Programs 2009 Institute for Staff Development Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow 1. Have no more than three levels (or options) 2. Are able to be taught by one teacher. 3. Occur in similar time periods as other SLC classes. 4. Common to almost all students. 5. Have similar enrollment numbers to other teamed courses. 6. Integrate well with other courses.

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Other Resources 2009 Institute for Staff Development Students Today, Leaders Tomorrow Scheduling Guide by Mike Neubig The Practitioners Guide to Scheduling SLCs and Career Academies; Equity in Action $39.95 each Available for purchase here or order via e-mail at Capture.Education@att.net